Rica Needs You!

Rica (Research Institute for Consumer Affairs) is a disabled-led consumer research charity that works with older and disabled people at all stages of its research. Rica has a consumer research panel of over 500 people of all ages who have a wide range of disabilities and who help Rica with its research projects. Rica is increasing the panel’s membership substantially – and needs more people to join!

Chris Lofthouse, Rica’s Outreach Manager, explains:

“If organisations design products and services that are right for older and disabled people, then everybody benefits. Think about a world where everything is accessible, where products can be used by anyone, where anyone can open packaging! Rica needs your help to turn these ideas into reality. We need to recruit hundreds of new disabled and older panellists from around the UK who have different life experiences to ensure that we are as diverse as possible. We want our panellists to share their ideas and help to shape the research we undertake. With our panellists help we can ensure that older and disabled people lead more independent lives.”

Rica’s research is unbiased and based on the views of the consumer and examples include: